I’m back to making “components” and because I love glass so much, I thought some colorful glass rods would look great with silver end caps. I used borosilicate glass for these since they are a tad bit thicker than the glass rods I usually use.
These are about 2 inches long.
These are my third components in my modernistic talisman pendants. They will go with the resin and brass spike pieces.
My first idea was to use drilled rocks but they didn’t go with the modern theme. I think these will work out much better. I have another idea for another component but that’s going to have to wait until I finish knitting a sweater.
I’m still working on my modernistic talisman pendants and finished these up for them.
These will go with the three resin pieces I made before. I still have to make more components. I thought about doing something with drilled rocks but rocks aren’t modern and I didn’t like the look so I scraped that idea. I decided to use some disc beads instead for my next component in the pendant. Now I just have to make them….
I’ve wanted to make some kind of talisman type pendant as love that ancient rustic look but the problem is, my creativity seems to have some kind of blockage as I can never achieve the look. I’ve learned to go with the flow and not fight it. I’m still going to make something that looks like a contemporary talisman pendant – if there is a thing like that. So, I started with these three pieces. I don’t know if I’m going to use them all in one pendant as I plan to add other components.
I got a reflection when I took the picture on the pink piece so that thing on the right is just light bouncing off it. It’s really smooth and clear. I used Adirondack Inks. The colors are nothing like the way the colors turn out on other things, like fabric. On the left, the jello orange color is Cranberry, the middle one is Wild Plum, and the right one I used Stream. I wanted a purple one but the Eggplant color turned out an awful bluish gray. It wasn’t pretty. What I like about the Adirondack Inks is the transparency. I still want to try oil paints and chalk pastels in resin. If the chalk pastels work, I’ll be able to get a lot of different colors. Yeah!!
I’ve been wanting to play with resin and coloring it with different mediums. So, I made a frame out of sterling silver square wire and added a few components on it, then filled the cells with resin. I’ll mention what I learned after the picture.
First, I shouldn’t have used 18 gauge square wire for the frame. It’s a little too small so my sides are short. Not that that matters so much but it makes it flat looking and has no dimension. Secondly, I over poured the resin for the middle circle so some of it oozed out, that’s why there is a haze around the ring. Next time I plan to use rectangle wire for the sides and only use color on the bottom, let that dry, then fill with clear. Also, I used acrylic paint for the bluish purple circle. It caused the resin to “plaque”, I think that’s because acrylic paint is water-based. I like the opaque-ness of it, not that keen on the plaque. The greenish color I used Adirondack Ink. It sure makes a nice transparent color. I really like how the silver design shows through. Not sure if that’s because the resin isn’t very thick or what. I guess I’ll find out on my next piece when I make another one with higher sides.
I made a couple more in copper. I added some dome silver circles on one of them. I might do one that has the circles all the way around the bangle.
I really like the rustic look. And it’s nice to wear more than one of them at a time.
I’ve been wanting a chunkier silver bracelet and finally got all the glass cabs made. The disc beads are by Outwest Beads. I only wish I could make a disc bead in one color that turns out symmetrical, much less thin layers of different colors.
The clasp is hidden under the left circle component. I was going to do a different clasp but I didn’t like the way it fit together so I scrapped that idea and went with a hook type clasp. If I knew that when I made the big half loop on the other side, I would have made that smaller. Oh well…..
I don’t have much to show this week as I’ve been working on a bracelet that has several components so it’s a bit time consuming. I did get some glass beads made on skeleton keys. I really like to make them. It’s fun to have the beads move around.
Because I’ve been playing with dichroic glass, these both have a bead made with it.
Okay, a sneak peek at my bracelet. I have three components done so far.
I still have two more components and a clasp to make. This probably won’t be the order they go in when I finish the other components, I just wanted to see what they looked like linked together.
I made this necklace to go with a black velour top that I cut wedges into and added some pink, black and gray sweater fabric. I previously made a felt and velvet pin and wanted another option for an embellishment. I won’t be wearing the pin and necklace together, that would be too much. Plus, I didn’t have a pink necklace so what better time to make one.
This is about 20 inches long. The sparkle from the dichroic beads look really nice on the black top.
This is my first wavy bangle that I learned from a tutorial that Robyn Cornelius wrote up. I decided to use copper for my first one since sterling silver is so expensive. Don’t want to make any mistakes. I just happened to have some copper strips already cut so I used one of them. It was too thick so I wasn’t able to get the shape round but I kind of like the organic look.
This is the way it looks flat.
Couple of side view pictures. Forgive the orange bead prop in the last picture. That was the only thing I had sitting on my table that worked.
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